Gersemia lambi Lambs soft coral

Gersemia lambi is commonly referred to as Lambs soft coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. Marc C. Chamberlain, USA

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Scientific:: Gersemia lambi
German:: Weichkoralle
English:: Lambs Soft Coral

Category:: Coraux mous

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Nephtheidae (Family) > Gersemia (Genus) > lambi (Species)
Initial determination:: Williams, 2013

Occurrence:: Alaska East Coast USA, Canada Eastern Pacific, West Coast USA
Sea depth:: 9 - 20 Meter
Size:: up to 3.94" (10 cm)
Temperature:: 42.8 °F - 71.6 °F (6°C - 22°C)
Food:: Zooxanthellae / Light
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Gersemia antarctica
Weichkoralle
Gersemia carnea
Gersemia clavata
Gersemia crassa
Gersemia danielsseni
Gersemia fruticosa
Weichkoralle
Gersemia hicksoni
Gersemia japonica
Gersemia juliepackardae
Tiefsee Weichkoralle
Gersemia lambi
Weichkoralle
Gersemia liltvedi
Gersemia loricata
Gersemia marenzelleri
Gersemia mirabilis
Gersemia rubiformis
Rote Weichkoralle
Gersemia studeri
Gersemia uvaeformis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-11-03 08:06:43
Last edit:: 2018-01-16 18:09:00

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Williams, 2013

Very special thanks for the description to Dr. Gary C. Williams and for the amazing photos to Dr. Marc C. Chamberlain!

Source and copyright informations:
New taxa and revisionary systematics of alcyonacean octocorals from the Pacific coast of North America (Cnidaria, Anthozoa)
Zookeys. 2013; (283): 15–42.
Published online 2013 Apr 3. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.283.4803
Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (CC-BY)

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniina (Suborder) > Nephtheidae (Family) > Gersemia (Genus) > Gersemia lambi (Species)

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
New taxa and revisionary systematics of alcyonacean octocorals from the Pacific coast of North America (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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